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Term: merely

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "merely": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

  1. Term
  2. merely

merely

Definitions

Adverb

  1. And nothing more
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "merely".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 merely 2 135

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "merely".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 mainly 2 31
2 smoothly 2 12
3 manley 2 6
4 madly 2 4
5 motley 2 3
6 manly 2 2
7 meekly 2 2
8 morley 2 2
9 medley 2 1
10 emslie 3 0
11 mabley 2 0
12 mackley 2 0
13 magley 2 0
14 magli 2 0
15 marley 2 0
16 masley 2 0
17 measly 2 0
18 meckley 2 0
19 merkley 2 0
20 mickley 2 0
21 midgley 2 0
22 moakley 2 0
23 mobley 2 0
24 mosely 2 0
25 mosley 2 0
26 mottley 2 0
27 mousley 2 0
28 mozley 2 0
29 muffley 2 0
30 munley 2 0
31 murali 3 0
32 myrlie 2 0
33 smedley 2 0
34 smitley 2 0
35 smugly 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "merely".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 mere 1 47
2 rely 2 13
3 meekly 2 2
4 tersely 2 2
5 merrily 3 2
6 merkey 2 0
7 merkel 2 0
8 meriel 2 0
9 merl 1 0
10 erly 2 0
11 simerly 3 0
12 moertel 2 0
13 moberly 3 0
14 miserly 3 0
15 merrell 2 0
16 meroney 3 0
17 merkley 2 0
18 merisel 3 0
19 merfeld 2 0
20 meneely 3 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "merely" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 merely by 1 2
2 merely in 1 2
3 merely as 1 2

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "merely" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "merely" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 writers 2 2
2 labeled 2 2
3 behavior 3 2
4 idea 3 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "merely".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 marble 2 21
2 morale 2 17
3 morals 2 7
4 myrtle 2 1
5 marble's 2 0
6 marilu 3 0
7 markle 2 0
8 marold 2 0
9 marolf 2 0
10 marolt 2 0
11 marple 2 0
12 merkle 2 0
13 merola 3 0
14 mertle 2 0
15 meryll 2 0
16 mirell 2 0
17 mirtle 2 0
18 morell 2 0
19 murali 3 0
20 murals 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 35

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 3

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 4

Consonant Matches: 20

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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